2 Samuel 22:5:52 Sam.22.5.W5TAB
בְלִיַּ֖עַל
beliyaal
“worthlessness or destruction”
- Transliteration
- be-li-YA-al
- Extended
- beh-lih-YA-ahl
- IPA
- /bə.liˈja.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- worthlessness or destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
be-li-YA-al
- phraseyour reading level
na-kha-LEI be-li-YA-al
- clause
na-kha-LEI be-li-YA-al ye-va-a-TU-ni
- sentence
KI a-fa-FU-ni mish-be-REI-MA-vet na-kha-LEI be-li-YA-al ye-va-a-TU-ni
Exegesis
The construct phrase mishberei-mavet {מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָוֶת | mîšbərê-māweṯ} ‘breakers-of-death’ parallels nachalei beliya'al {נַחֲלֵי בְּלִיַּעַל | naḥălê bəlîyaʻal} ‘torrents-of-destruction’, intensifying the poetic imagery through parallelism.
In context — 2 Samuel 22:5
For the waves of death closed around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 22:5, so the Hebrew word בְלִיַּ֖עַל (beliyaal) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.22.5.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.5.W5.S1) and character.